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✧ 𝟎𝟐𝟓. ❝ just maybe❞ ✧🦋
irl...

IRL

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CHRIS' POV

Today was the sixth show, which meant that we were officially halfway through the whole tour. I was already feeling sad, knowing that it was going to end soon. I kept asking myself about what was next? When would I see her again?

I was thinking about all that shit backstage while Sophia was getting ready to perform. I needed to talk to Matt, but I had no clue where he was, so I took my phone out and gave him a ring.

"Hey bro, why are you calling me when we're in the same place?" Matt asked through the phone, and I could fully imagine him with a smile on his face. He was always smiling.

"I need to talk to you, I'm in my dressing room, please come up, bring Nick," I asked him. "We're on our way," he said and hung up the phone.

Not even two minutes later, both barged into my dressing room. Nick was already talking about how he hoped this was worth his time. "Go. Make it fast," he said.

"I'm gonna tell Sophia that I like her today," I said, with no additional information, and I could see Matt and Nick's faces of shock. Both their jaws on the ground.

"Okay, now this," Nick exclaimed while sitting down. "is totally worth it," he said with a big smile on his face. Matt shook his head at Nick's enthusiasm.

"Are you sure?" Matt asked, and that little sentence got Chris all nervous. He stood up.

"You don't seem very convinced, Matt. You think she doesn't like me?" I asked him, very worried. I wasn't going to do this if Matt and Nick weren't in complete agreement. I valued their opinion.

"NO! That's not it, she definitely likes you as much as you like her," Matt yelled abruptly while extending both his hands. I raised my eyebrows. "It's just, you have to be one hundred percent sure about this because you know that this is going to be a big change in her life," he said, and that was all it took to convince me more.

I nodded my head at him. "Whatever those changes will be, I know that I'll support and help her no matter what. I'm going to be selfish in this situation. I like her, I want her, so I'm going to tell her. I want to be happy with her, no matter the circumstances," I said, and Matt seemed to be convinced too now. He was nodding his head like a proud dad.

I knew that all my brothers wanted was for me to be happy. So they were going to be fully supportive about this. I looked over at Nick to read his reaction.

"I can't believe my best friend and my brother are going to be together," he said as he jumped up, clapping his hands. I rolled my eyes; my man had way too many high hopes. They were going to be the death of him for sure.

I heard the manager call out that it was Sophia's time to shine, so like I'd promised her at the very first show. I made my way to the side of the stage to see her perform. I was the only one at the side of the stage; both her friends and my brothers were watching from above.

Sophia was talking to the crowd like always. I knew she was born for this, the second she performed on that very first show. She was such a natural.

The last few shows had been building up to her performing an unreleased song. I knew that she was very nervous about this. I could tell by the way she would freeze when someone asked her about it. But I knew she was going to kill it.

When she looked over at me, I mouthed good luck to her, and I could see her mouth back a thank you. Looking at her lips, I kept wondering how they would feel like on mine.

I was definitely telling her that I like her today.

"So, today, I'm going to be performing an unreleased song, a song that no one has heard before. It's called Here with me." She said while the light dimmed, and it was her time to shine. She sat down on the chair and took her fellow guitar. She started strumming the chords, and I was completely and solely focused on her.

"Watch the sunrise, along the coast as we're both getting old." She sang, and her beautiful voice filled my ears. The lyrics hitting differently when she was looking at me like that. Maybe this was a message, for me to just tell her.

"Don't let me go, oh, and if it's right. I don't care how long it takes as long as I'm with you, I got a smile on my face. Save your tears; it'll be okay, all I know is that you're here with me." She sang, and my heart fluttered, like it always did when she was close to me or when she was singing.

Deep inside of me, I hoped that that song was for me. That she was singing about me.

"If you're here, with me." She finished the song. She strummed the last notes and got up from the chair. She bowed to the crowd, and they bowed back. This was like their little things.

When she was making her way to my side, I couldn't help but admire the way she walked and the way her hair fell perfectly over her shoulder. I wanted to kiss her so bad.

She got to me and didn't waste a second to hug me tightly. I almost didn't hug back because I was too focused on her scent. She pulled back, and she was almost crying. Now it was my time to shine.

I put both my hands on her cheeks, feeling her soft skin under my palms. "You did it, baby," I said, not even bothering to address the pet name that escaped my lips like a breath. She glanced at me, her eyes saying words that none of us had spoken yet.

I took my chance and I leaned in. Everything seemed to be in slow motion when my lips finally met hers. And it was all I ever imagined it to be. It was perfect. My heart was doing backflips in my chest, and I'm sure she could feel it.

Not daring to let go, I grabbed her waist, my fingers digging into her skin; she put both her arms around my neck. We kissed for what felt like hours.

She pulled back, biting her lip. I swiped my thumb over her lower lip, so that she would stop biting those beautiful lips of hers. She was smiling at me. And in that moment, I knew she liked me back.

When we were holding eye contact, the whole world dissolved, and I felt like I was in a dream. I wanted to confess my feelings to her, but the manager was calling me up on stage, Matt and Nick already talking to the crowd. I cursed to myself.

"I gotta go. We'll talk later," I said as I pecked her lips again. She waved at me as I ran onto the stage. I waved at the crowd, and they all went crazy.

Matt approached me; he turned the mic away from us. "Where the fuck were you?" He asked while handing me my mic. I looked at the crowd, covering my mouth when talking to him. "Nowhere, don't worry about it," I said with a smile, and Matt's face said it all. He didn't believe me at all

"Tell me later" He asked and I nodded. "Sure" I said and he put his hand on my shoulder and I took my chance to talk to the crowd. "Sorry guys I was in the bathroom" I said while looking at the left side of the stage.

My girl was standing there, biting her lip, and looking at me as if there was no one else in the world. For the rest of the show I felt all giddy and I kept zoning out, fantasizing about the amazing kiss we'd shared.

LATER..

After the show, I stood in front of Sophia's dressing room, fist raised, ready to knock on her door. In my mind, I kept trying to figure out how to say what I was about to say.

The moment I wanted to knock on her door, it opened, and Sophia, about to leave, was distracted, looking at the floor. She was talking to herself when she bumped into me.

Her head snapped up. "Oh sorry, Chris," she said while taking a step back. "That's okay, where are you going?" I asked her, and she blushed. She was too cute.

She started fidgeting with her clothes, so I grabbed her hands. She looked at me, visibly calming down instantly. "It's funny that you're here because I was about to go look for you so we could talk," she told me, and my heart started panicking.

With my hand still in hers, she walked back into the room, taking me with her. She let my hand go, and she closed the door. "So..." she spoke up. The air was a little awkward, so I decided to do something to kill the awkwardness.

I walked up to her and pecked her lips. I pulled back and then pecked them again. I could do this all day long. "That's exactly what I wanted to talk about," she said.

"Same," I told her, not giving her time to think as I blurted out the truth. "I like you, Soph, like like you," I said, and I saw her eyes widen, and a smile graze her lips.

"I like you too, Chris. I've had the biggest crush on you for quite some time," she said, and I couldn't believe that this was happening. I was actually talking to Soph, knowing that my feelings were mutual.

I laughed. "That's funny, because I feel the same way. I think I've liked you ever since I saw your beautiful face in Nick's phone," I said while I put her hair back behind her ear. She leaned a little into my hand.

"So long? I feel so honored," she teased me, and I loved this side of her. The side of her that also had feelings for me. I was about to go crazy.

I had an idea, and I knew that it wasn't the best circumstances, but I wasn't going to wait any more. "Let me take you out on a date," I blurted out. I saw that she wanted to say something, so I interrupted her with a new thought. "Before you say no, I know we're on tour, and I know about how the fandom treats you, but just know that we can keep it private for however long you want to. I just want to be with you," I said while rubbing her hands.

She simply smiled. "I was going to say that it's a great idea," she said, which left me shocked. This girl kept surprising me. I nodded in agreement. "Meet me at the car tomorrow at six; we don't have a show tomorrow so we can go out. I've heard great things about a restaurant near that region," I said, and she giggled. I loved her laugh.

She nodded at me while hushing me out of her room. "Okay, tomorrow at six, you gotta go now; my friends are on their way," she said, and I smirked. "Keeping it from everyone else too, I see," I said, and she rolled her eyes.

"Go, Chris!" she said in a tone that anyone who couldn't see her face would think that she was mad, but the gigantic grin on her face told me otherwise.

I pecked her lips again, while waving at her and making my way out of my room.

When I closed the door behind me, I leaned my head on the door. "Good going, Chris. You got the girl," I whispered to myself. I could hear voices coming from my side of the hallway, so I made a run for my room.

I felt like I was on top of the world, and that there was no going down. I thought things would stay perfect forever.

But maybe if I knew how fast things were about to go downhill, I wouldn't have ever asked her out.

Just, maybe.

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THEY FINALLY KISSED.
i know yall have been waiting's for this. it took some good 25 chapters but we got there.

but don't worry. this story is nowhere near the end..we haven't even gotten to the best part yet.

the angst.

get ready ladies and gents, shits about to go down.

🩵deene